F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 4412

HR 4412 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Ursa Major 185 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,605 K, about 1.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 8.27× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 185 years ago.

185 lybrightness mag 6.33F6IV

Also catalogued as HD 99373 · HIP 55821

6,605 K

temperature

6.33

apparent magnitude

8.27× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F6IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

185 years

at light speed from Earth

1.14×

as hot as the Sun

8.27×

the Sun's light output

2.56

absolute magnitude

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Sky regionUrsa Majorthis direction

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Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Ursa Major

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.